http://lawiscool.com/2009/04/23/jersey-court-rejects-wikipedia-evidence/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lawiscool.com/2009/04/23/jersey-court-rejects-wikipedia-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-5338 Marnie Tunay Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:52:31 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1563#comment-5338 The decision will be overturned on appeal because it's not ultimately tenable to argue that just because a source is online and "malleable" - that it doesn't qualify as "evidence." Haven't the judges heard of screen-shots? And how will they apply the ruling to the whole area of internet law? As soon as you ponder that question, you realize how ridiculous the ruling is. The decision will be overturned on appeal because it’s not ultimately tenable to argue that just because a source is online and “malleable” – that it doesn’t qualify as “evidence.” Haven’t the judges heard of screen-shots? And how will they apply the ruling to the whole area of internet law? As soon as you ponder that question, you realize how ridiculous the ruling is.

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